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Chapter 19
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Horse and Dog Racing.
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19-23-1
License required for horse and dog racing and pari-mutuel wagering in connection therewith; exception.
19-23-2
Permits required for horse and dog racetrack positions; residency requirements for employees of licensees.
19-23-3
Definitions.
19-23-4
West Virginia Racing Commission continued as a public corporation; composition; terms; vacancies; qualifications, expenses of members; principal office; meetings; election of officers; quorum; inspection of records; annual report.
19-23-5
Executive director and other personnel; qualifications; terms; powers and duties; compensation and expenses.
19-23-6
Powers and authority of Racing Commission.
19-23-7
Application for license; forms; time for filing; disclosure required; verification; bond; application for permit.
19-23-7a
Applicants for licenses and permits to provide fingerprints.
19-23-8
Consideration of application for license or permit; issuance or denial; contents of license or permit; grounds for denial of application; determination of racing dates; license or permit not transferable or assignable; limitation on license; validity of permit.
19-23-8a
Applications for Sunday racing; local option election procedures; protest procedures against approval.
19-23-8b
Horse or dog racing after six o'clock postmeridian on Sundays; application therefor; tentative approval; publication of notice; petition for local option election; local option election procedure; effect of such election.
19-23-8c
Local option election procedure; form of ballot or ballot labels; effect of such election.
19-23-9
Pari-mutuel system of wagering authorized; licensee authorized to deduct commissions from pari-mutuel pools; retention of breakage; auditing; minors.
19-23-10
Daily license tax; pari-mutuel pools tax; how taxes paid; alternate tax; credits.
19-23-11
Revenues from horse racing and dog racing to be paid into a special account to fund commission expenses.
19-23-12
License to be in lieu of all other license, etc., taxes; exception.
19-23-12a
Pari-mutuel wagering on interstate and intrastate horse and dog racing.
19-23-12b
Televised racing days; merging of pari-mutuel wagering pools.
19-23-12c
Interstate simulcasts by licensed racetracks.
19-23-12d
Simulcast races and pari-mutuel wagering at authorized gaming facility in historic resort hotel.
19-23-12e
Licensing of advance deposit account wagering.
19-23-13
W. Va. Code § 19-23-13
19-23-13a
West Virginia bonus race fund.
19-23-13b
West Virginia Thoroughbred Development Fund; distribution; restricted races; nonrestricted purse supplements; preference for West Virginia accredited thoroughbreds.
19-23-13c
Expenditure of racetrack video lottery distribution.
19-23-14
Disposition of permit fees, registration fees and civil penalties.
19-23-15
Investigation by Racing Commission; suspension or revocation of license or permit.
19-23-16
Entry of order suspending or revoking license or permit; service of order; contents; hearing; decision to be in writing.
19-23-17
Judicial review; appeal to Supreme Court of Appeals; legal representation for Racing Commission.
19-23-18
Horse and dog racetrack construction permits; application therefor.
19-23-19
Tentative approval of application for construction permit; denial of application; publication of notice.
19-23-20
Petition for local option election.
19-23-21
Local option election procedure; form of ballots or ballot labels.
19-23-22
Issuance or nonissuance of construction permit; duration of construction permit; transfer and assignment of construction permit.
19-23-23
Further elections restricted.
19-23-24
§§19-23-18 to 19-23-23 inapplicable to horse racetracks already constructed and established.
19-23-25
Application to enjoin violations.
19-23-26
Offenses and penalties.
19-23-27
Repealer.
19-23-28
Effect of article on existing rules and regulations, licenses and permits.
19-23-29
Severability.
19-23-30
Continuation of the Racing Commission.